by Stephen B.

Created on: July 12, 2008   Last Updated: July 18, 2008

The people within the United States have chosen to bestow less and less trust in Washington since Vietnam. The movement in this outlook has been because of abuses in power and just plane passive nihilism of the everyday citizen. Personally I have to agree with these people that point fingers at the government for abusing its power. With that said the real problem is that these so called federal bureaucrats are just reflections of society.

Our current system is set up to protect American business interest and it shapes every aspect of foreign and domestic policy. That is the main reason we really have no choice in elections anymore because these bureaucrats are all from the same schools, corporations, and law firms within 15 square blocks of downtown New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, and Washington. Basically the same people are running for office with a new smile, so there is just more of the same from the men that have ideals based on what the current corporate infrastructure deems as "free-market capitalism."

As far as these people just reflecting society, look no farther than where they grow up, go to school, eat, shop, watch television, etc. Everything they go through is what any other Americans go through, so these people are not really bad leaders. They are just extensions of a bad public. This country is struggling to educate children and give basic health care to the elderly which just goes to show that bureaucrats do not really care for the average Americans. Most Americans don't care about the average American either, actually most Americans don't even consider themselves average Americans, so they only care about themselves. If there was a way to make money off the homeless and uneducated then someone would be exploiting that market while lobbying Congress for legislation to help them further their business ambitions. No one lobbies for the homeless because there is no money in it. This is something that all the bureaucrats who are ex-businessmen (like our president and vice-president) have in their minds while they promote legislation.

Capitalism is the reason we cannot trust these bureaucrats in the first place. It is hard to get the government in Washington to do anything because American industry has its hands on everything and they just have no room to breathe. Constantly you here economists and rogue politicians talking about the need to get the government off our backs and to stop being our mommy, but you never here those same people saying

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